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Jesse Jackson likened embattled Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker to former Alabama Governor George Wallace today. The outspoken and controversial leader said that an attempt in Wisconsin to require voter identification is just like Wallace’s attempts to stop minorities from voting in Alabama, POLITICO reported. He also said the Walker shares Wallace’s radical views, based on his efforts to cull collective bargaining rights for public employees. Jackson is working on get out the vote efforts for Democrats in the state, where Walker is facing a… Read More »

Luck plays a bigger role in success than we like to admit, writer Michael Lewis, author of “The Blind Side,” “Money Ball” and “The Big Short,” told Princeton graduates today. Lewis, who wrote the story of Ole Miss and Baltimore Ravens offensive lineman Michael Oher that was adapted into a movie of the same name, attributed a large portion of success to luck. Like the movie version of Oher, Lewis happened to be be in the right place at the right… Read More »